Greencastle students to collect non-perishables for local food pantries

Basketball fans headed to the Greencastle boys basketball game against Shippensburg on Friday, Jan. 25, can save $1 on the price of admission if they bring a non-perishable food item to donate to local food pantries.

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted Jan. 17, 2013 at 11:00 AM

Posted Jan. 17, 2013 at 11:00 AM

GREENCASTLE — Basketball fans headed to the Greencastle boys basketball game against Shippensburg on Friday, Jan. 25, can save $1 on the price of admission if they bring a non-perishable food item to donate to local food pantries.

Items will be collected during both the junior varsity game at 6 p.m. and the varsity game at 7:30 p.m. The collected donations will be distributed to the Greencastle Food Pantry and King's Kettle food pantry in Shippensburg.

The service project is in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and is sponsored by the Greencastle-Antrim High School civics classes and the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.

"Both pantries reported shortages due to increased demand and cuts in federal and state aid," said Ellen Kirkner, the G-AHS teacher who is leading the project.

The organizing clubs and students hope to surpass last year's donations, Kirkner said, in which 15 boxes of food were collected and donated to food pantries in Greencastle and St. Thomas.

Middle school

In addition, the Greencastle-Antrim Middle School will host its own food drive in honor of King at the boys basketball game against Chambersburg Area Middle School North on Thursday, Jan. 24.

Spectators who bring a non-perishable food item will receive $1 off the price of admission and the collected food items will be donated to food pantries in Greencastle and Chambersburg. Donations will be accepted at both the seventh grade game at 4 p.m. and the eighth grade game at 5 p.m.

For more information, call Ellen Kirkner or Jeremy Barnes at 597-3226.